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Guide to HostGator Hosting in Italy with Support for Italian

In this guide, I’ll explain the essentials to HostGator Web Hosting in Italy. How to host WordPress blazing fast for visitors from Italy on an Italian server, change hosting management language to Italian, etc. with easy instructions!

With the CDN, you can further increase website speeds and lower latency, through a vast network of content delivery servers located throughout the world.

Solutions for HostGator Italy Web Hosting;

Host your website through central US data center location

Optimize speeds globally in Italy and rest of the world with CDN

You might want to test if speeds are adequate first (here) and depending on your needs, consider utilizing SiteLock’s TrueSpeed CDN. Still most users are satisfied with the performance of HostGator’s regular US based shared hosting option.

The data center in the US is high-end, tied to multiple internet provider connections to guarantee a stable connection and routing with optimal latency.

How CDN Speeds up Italy Traffic

So if you are looking to optimize speeds and performance in Italy, first familiarize yourself with the SiteLock security & CDN package provided by HostGator.

I will explain how it works and how to enable it for your website.

SiteLock’s TrueSpeed CDN consists of content distribution servers that are located currently in 22 countries. Once you enable the CDN, all the website traffic will go through their servers, depending on where the visitor is located in.

So for example, if a visitor is located in Rome, Italy and wants to access your site. The CDN will detect the user location and direct the connection to their server in Milan, because it’s nearest. So instead of fetching the website from HostGator’s US data center, the connection is quicker between Rome & Milan.

On average your WordPress or other website will load 50% faster (source).

Note! This is the only CDN solution officially supported by HostGator. But there are also third-party services, such as BunnyCDN (recommended) that work.

HostGator CDN Steps

Follow the below steps for a low-latency, blazing fast hosting in Italy!

Step 7. Under “Step 2 Manage Routing”, take down these records under “Add”.

A record with value [NUMBER1-IP]

A record with value [NUMBER2-IP]

CNAME record with value [URL-CNAME]

Step 8. Login to your “HostGator Control Panel” or “cPanel”.

Step 9 (optional). Click on top menu to change language to Italian.

Step 10. Select “Advanced Zone Editor” to change your domain records.

Step 11. Look for the domain name of your website, under A records (see example above). Then click on “Edit” and fill in the following records;

Name: italywebsite.it

TTL: 14400

Type: A

Address: [NUMBER1-IP]

Save the new records with the red “Edit Record” button.

Step 12. Use the “Add a Record” section to enter second IP record.

Type: A

Name: italywebsite.it

TTL: 14400

Address: [NUMBER2-IP]

Save the new records with the red “Add Record” button.

Step 13. Add the CNAME record like below;

Type: CNAME

Name: www.italywebsite.it (remember to add the www)

TTL: 14400

CNAME: [URL-CNAME]

Save the last record with the red “Add Record” button.

Step 14. Return to the “Customer Portal” and flip the CDN switch to ON position.

Step 15. That’s all there is to it. Enjoy fast CDN speeds in Italy and globally.

You can check the status of your website at the SiteLock dashboard. However, it will take time for website contents to propagate throughout their server network.

You can now click on the WordPress icon on your “HostGator Control Panel” and start building your new blazing fast website. Or you can use the free website migration service, to transfer your old site to HostGator.

HostGator CDN on HTTPS

If you are using a SSL certificate, and want to enable the CDN add-on, please consider cheaper alternatives. For SSL support, you need to upgrade to SiteLock’s prevent plan at $49.99/month which is mostly suitable for businesses.

Do note, that there is no specifically localized Italy version of HostGator website, such as HostGator.it, only the US based main HostGator.com website.

Further note, that some of the links in some of the posts are affiliated with companies, that pay out commission for referring customers. This doesn’t change pricing of such services and helps me out and my blog tremendously.

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